EFFECTS OF NUMBER TALKS ON NUMBER SENSES OF PRE-SERVICE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of the number talks on number senses of pre-service primary school teachers. The participants of the study were 31 third grade pre-service primary teachers at a state university in the 2015-2016 academic year. The study was designed as single group pre-post test research. The data collection tool was the number sense test developed by Kayhan Altay (2010). The findings of the study showed no significant difference in test scores of the participants. However, in regard to solutions of the problems in the test it was found that the number sense scores were significantly and positively significant. 

Keywords

• Number sense,number talks

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